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The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA |
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The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA |
Pamela M. Schwartz, MPH, Center for Community Health and Evaluation, Kaiser Foundation Research Institute, One Kaiser Plaza, 22thFloor, Oakland, CA 94612, Edward Mamary, DrPH, San Jose State University, 824 Erie Street, Apartment 11, Oakland, CA 94610, (510) 452-4657, Pamela.m.Schwartz@kp.org, and David Pearson, PhD, Center for Community Health and Evaluation, Group Health Community Foundation, 1730 Minor Avenue, Suite 1500, Seattle, WA 98101.
This presentation will describe a framework for evaluating the Partnership for the Public’s Health (PPH), an ongoing statewide initiative that uses local evaluators in a case-study, logic model design. The role of a local evaluator in each of 39 communities in California is considered essential in the successful implementation of the overall evaluation of the statewide Initiative. Local evaluators are responsible for collecting data that are specific to their jurisdictions, building evaluation capacity in the communities and completing detailed case studies that highlight the progress and challenges of their local partnership. All activities, from the design to the implementation of the local evaluation plan, are based on the core principles of participation, collaboration and cooperation. Challenges and opportunities that emerged during the initial implementation phase of this large-scale evaluation project are discussed and include: 1) integrating the goals and strategies of the local evaluation plan with those of the overall statewide initiative; 2) overcoming the barriers in creating a local evaluation plan within the context of each partnership; and 3) building evaluation capacity at the local level. The experiences during the beginning phase of this initiative will serve as “lessons learned” for those who are interested in developing a broad scale, multi-site community-based evaluation of community partnerships.
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of the session, the participant (learner) will be able to
Keywords: Evaluation, Participatory Research
Related Web page: www.partnershipPH.org
Presenting author's disclosure statement:
Organization/institution whose products or services will be discussed: The Kaiser Foundation Research Institute
The Public Health Institute
The Partnership for the Public's Health
Group Health Community Foundation
Center for Community Health and Evaluation
I have a significant financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organization/institution whose products or services are being discussed in this session.
Relationship: employed at the time of abstract submission